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Harris Architects Mallorca

AN AWARD-WINNING ARCHITECTURE PRACTICE BASED IN MALLORCA. We specialise in designing state-of-the-art new houses and in reforming traditional and historic buildings.
Unique houses designed around natural light, flowing space, sustainability, and context. We provide a total design service creating a coherent and feasible design vision for your entire project including architecture, interiors and design.
why work with
Harris Architects & Designers

An experienced professional practice

Spanish Registered and RIBA Chartered Architects for over 40 years and Spanish Registered for 20, we aim to provide the most conscientious and impartial advice on all questions of design, planning and building in Mallorca.

Clear cross-cultural communication in English

We discuss design and the building process in plain, straight-forward English.

Professional guidance from design concept to building completion

We can assist you through all stages of the project from initial design, to planning, tendering and construction supervision.

We work with a range of contractors and specialists, both local and international, who can provide all necessary construction services to complete the scheme. This ‘architect-led’ approach to your project will enable a unique design to develop out of the real needs of the brief and the site, rather than a pre-conceived design from a catalogue.

Sustainable, total design – architecture, landscape & interiors

Award-winning houses designed around natural light, flowing space, sustainability, and context. We provide a total design service creating a coherent and feasible design vision for your entire project from architectural design to landscape and interiors.

about

Based in Mallorca since 2000, Harris Architects & Designers was originally founded in the UK by Tony & Kate Harris.
 
The fundamental role of space, light and context forms a connecting thread throughout the 40 years of the practice’s history in Spain and the UK.
 
The practice was awarded the Mallorca Architecture Prize for the Best new house built on the island from 2007 to 2010.

We specialise in designing unique contemporary houses in Mallorca, in tune with their surroundings, their context, their climate and their owners. Harris Architects & Designers are registered architects in both the UK and Mallorca with established professional experience in both Northern and Mediterranean cultures.

In Spain, Harris Architects & Designers focus on creating homes, from award-winning self-sufficient private houses to sensitive refurbishments of historical homes.

 

Over the last 20 years we have built throughout Mallorca and are familiar with all sides of the island’s character and its administrations.

The studio in Mallorca is now directed by Sebastian Harris.

AWARDS

The Mallorca Architecture Prize
Best individual house, 2007-10
Balearic Chapter of Architects, COAIB

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HARRIS ARCHITECTS & Designers

RIBA & SPANISH REGISTERED ARCHITECTS in Mallorca and Girona-Costa Brava
Mallorca architect

AN AWARD-WINNING ARCHITECTURE PRACTICE BASED IN MALLORCA and Girona-Costa Brava. We specialise in designing state-of-the-art new houses and in reforming traditional and historic buildings.

Unique houses designed around natural light, flowing space, sustainability, and context. We provide a total design service creating a coherent and feasible design vision for your entire project from architectural design to landscape and interiors.

– AWARD WINNING ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN:

SUSTAINABLE and site specific HOMES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

– OVER 40 YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN SPAIN AND THE UK

– CLEAR COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH, SPANISH AND CATALAN

Awards

The Mallorca Architecture Prize

Best individual house, 2007-10

Balearic Chapter of Architects, COAIB

our design approach in 4 points

SPACE, FUNCTION AND MODERN LIFE

Imaginative and functional spatial organisation to fit the needs and aspirations of contemporary life, whether rethinking old buildings or creating new projects.

LIGHT AND VIEWS

Open, flexible, sun-lit spaces connecting intelligently between interior and exterior.

TIME AND PLACE

Whether designing within traditional surroundings or creating a contemporary house from scratch, we aim to work creatively with context and place, making site specific buildings which are rooted within their context and avoid passing fashions.

SUSTAINABILITY AND THE ECONOMY OF MEANS

When designing, we think of the future, creating flexible spaces which can be transformed with minimal effort for future needs. Sustainability is inherent to the way we build, starting from fundamental considerations such as orientation, shading, natural ventilation and appropriate local materials, to incorporating new technologies, and working with local specialists and craftsman.

We are fascinated by open, flexible spaces with natural light and minimal impact on the environment; imaginative spaces fitting the needs of modern life and rooted in their context and surroundings.

By “architecture” we mean the potential to transform and improve our surroundings through intelligent, creative and environmentally conscious design.

We believe that good architecture can occur whatever the scale or budget, by tackling projects in a responsible, optimistic and creative way.

We would like to think of ourselves as reliable, efficient and responsible. We strive to communicate in an open and honest way, bridging languages and cultures with established professional experience in both Spain and the UK.

 

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    about Harris Architects & Designers

    British architect Mallorca

    Sebastian Harris

    Architect PhD. MA Cantab. COAC RIBA

    Director

    Arquitecto Superior – Barcelona School of Architecture, 2009
    MA – University of Cambridge, 2005
    MA – La Salle School of Architecture, 2010
    PhD – Barcelona School of Architecture, 2016

    Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) (UK)
    Col·legi Oficial d’Arquitectes de Catalunya (COAC) (Spain)

    Over the last 20 years, Harris Architects & Designers have focused on creating mediterranean homes, from award-winning self-sufficient private houses to sensitive refurbishments of historical homes, designing houses across Mallorca and the province of Girona.

    The studio is now directed by Sebastian Harris. Having trained at the University of Cambridge and Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB-UPC), he has practiced in Catalonia and the Balearics for the last 15 years, developing the studio to focus on sustainability and place-specific design.

     

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    GET IN TOUCH

    Harris Architects & Designers are always interested in new residential projects, if you are interested in our work or would like to enquire about our residential process please contact us.

    +34 654 492 272

    sebastian@harchitects.com